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The AFC first round of 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification was contested between 36 AFC members.
The top country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the final round, where the ten remaining teams will be divided into two groups of five.
Group 1
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 16 | Final round |
2 | Malaysia | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 11 | |
3 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 4 | |
4 | Bangladesh | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 |
Chinese Taipei | 0–2 | Saudi Arabia |
---|---|---|
(Report) | O. Al-Dosari 34' Al-Shahrani 37' |
Malaysia | 2–0 | Bangladesh |
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Azman 43' Abdul Karim 87' |
(Report) |
Bangladesh | 1–3 | Chinese Taipei |
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Jewel Rana 56' | (Report) | Lin Wen Han 59' Huang Che-ming 62' Chen Kuei-jen 78' |
Malaysia | 0–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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(Report) |
Bangladesh | 1–4 | Saudi Arabia |
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Jewel Rana 44' | (Report) | Al-Muwallid 20' Al-Temawi 27' Al-Shahrani 65' Al-Mehallel 73' |
Malaysia | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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Che Zambil 2' Sulong 16' |
(Report) |
Chinese Taipei | 0–0 | Malaysia |
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(Report) |
Saudi Arabia | 3–0 | Bangladesh |
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Al-Shahrani (21) O. Al-Dosari (23) Abdullah Al-Dosari (50) |
(Report) |
Saudi Arabia | 3–0 | Malaysia |
---|---|---|
Al-Muwallid 59', 85' O. Al-Dosari 87' |
(Report) |
Chinese Taipei | 1–2 | Bangladesh |
---|---|---|
Hsu Te Ming | (Report) | Alfaz Ahmed Nakib |
Bangladesh | 0–1 | Malaysia |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Zainal 87' |
Saudi Arabia | 6–0 | Chinese Taipei |
---|---|---|
Al-Jaber 3', 16', 63' Al-Muwallid 5' Abdulaziz Al-Dosari 30' Al-Zahrani 46' |
(Report) |
Group 2
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Iran | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 3 | +36 | 16 | Final round |
2 | Syria | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 5 | +25 | 10 | |
3 | Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 9 | |
4 | Maldives | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 59 | −59 | 0 |
Maldives | 0–17 | Iran |
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(Report) | Bagheri 9', 13', 16', 60', 66', 67', 86' Estili 29', 47', 55' Azizi 35', 36' Shahroudi 56' Mahdavikia 63' Daei 75', 77' Minavand 87' |
Note: This match broke the score difference record in FIFA A-level matches, while the previous record was created by Denmark in the 1908 Summer Olympics against France by 17–1.
Syria | 3–0 Awarded | Kyrgyzstan |
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Syria | 12–0 | Maldives |
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Al-Said 7', 13' Jokhadar 9', 37', 89' Rifai 10' Jabban 12', 78' Srour 21' Zaher 49' Boshi 70', 79' |
(Report) |
Kyrgyzstan | 0–7 | Iran |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Bagheri 35', 51' Daei 57' Majidi 68', 88' Minavand 76' Mousavi 82' |
Syria | 0–1 | Iran |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Daei 65' |
Kyrgyzstan | 3–0 | Maldives |
---|---|---|
Korzanov 4' Merzlikin 24' Yusupov 28' |
(Report) |
Iran | 3–1 | Kyrgyzstan |
---|---|---|
Azizi 3', 77' Bagheri 52' |
(Report) | Kutsov 16' |
Maldives | 0–12 | Syria |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Agha 24', 50' Dib 55' Taleb 60' Al-Said 62', 63', 87' Rihawi 66' Abrash 80', 90' Zaher 85', 89' |
Iran | 9–0 | Maldives |
---|---|---|
Mansourian 15', 44' Bagheri 22', 39' Daei 33', 43' Mahdavikia 38' Shahroudi 68' Azizi 87' |
(Report) |
Kyrgyzstan | 2–1 | Syria |
---|---|---|
Sardarov 76' Kutsov 89' |
(Report) | Boshi 84' |
Iran | 2–2 | Syria |
---|---|---|
Shahroudi 10' Mansourian 30' |
(Report) | Boshi 11' Al-Said 39' |
Maldives | 0–6 | Kyrgyzstan |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Merzlikin 14' Chertkov 22' Kutsov 26' Haitbaev 47', 89' Ivanov 47' |
Group 3
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 10 | Final round |
2 | Jordan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | Bahrain | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
Jordan | 0–0 | United Arab Emirates |
---|---|---|
(Report) |
Bahrain | 1–2 | United Arab Emirates |
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Darwish 84' | (Report) | Abdulla 18', 57' |
Bahrain | 1–0 | Jordan |
---|---|---|
Al-Doseri 27' | (Report) |
Jordan | 4–1 | Bahrain |
---|---|---|
Tadrus 14', 89' Al-Sheikh 33' Al-Khateeb 88' |
(Report) | Rashed 43' |
United Arab Emirates | 3–0 | Bahrain |
---|---|---|
Saeed 14' Mubarak 50', 60' |
(Report) |
United Arab Emirates | 2–0 | Jordan |
---|---|---|
Al Talyani 27' Mubarak 88' |
(Report) |
Group 4
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | +30 | 16 | Final round |
2 | Oman | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 13 | |
3 | Macau | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 4 | |
4 | Nepal | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 1 |
Nepal | 1–1 | Macau |
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Khadka 23' | (Report) | Cheng 13' |
Oman | 0–1 | Japan |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Omura 10' |
Macau | 0–10 | Japan |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Akita 1' Takagi 14', 33', 72' Soma 45' Miura 54', 89' Moroshima 80', 82' Nanami 86' |
Oman | 1–0 | Nepal |
---|---|---|
Al Busaidy 75' | (Report) |
Nepal | 0–6 | Japan |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Morishima 24' Takagi 47', 55', 89' Omura 76' Honda 90' |
Oman | 4–0 | Macau |
---|---|---|
Samir 32' Al Siyabi 42', 56' Abdul Noor 83' |
(Report) |
Japan | 10–0 | Macau |
---|---|---|
Nakata 17', 61' Nishizawa 21' Miura 23', 29', 44', 57', 62', 79' Nanami 42' |
(Report) |
Nepal | 0–6 | Oman |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Shakya 1' (o.g.) Al Busaidy 13' Ahmed Hassan 17', 50' Al Araimi 73' Al Masori 78' |
Japan | 3–0 | Nepal |
---|---|---|
Nishizawa 44' Miura 72', 87' |
(Report) |
Macau | 0–2 | Oman |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Al Araimi 44' Ahmed Hassan 89' |
Japan | 1–1 | Oman |
---|---|---|
Nakata 4' | (Report) | Samir 63' |
Macau | 2–1 | Nepal |
---|---|---|
Che 78' Da Cruz Martins 89' |
(Report) | Deepak Amatya 19' |
Group 5
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 16 | Final round |
2 | Yemen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 8 | |
3 | Indonesia | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 | |
4 | Cambodia | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 1 |
Indonesia | 8–0 | Cambodia |
---|---|---|
Putro 1' Lubis 6', 52' Putiray 12', 44', 70' Wabia 31', 36' |
(Report) |
Indonesia | 0–0 | Yemen |
---|---|---|
(Report) |
Cambodia | 0–1 | Yemen |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Dariban 39' |
Cambodia | 1–1 | Indonesia |
---|---|---|
Sochetra 65' | (Report) | Putro 80' |
Yemen | 0–1 | Uzbekistan |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Khasanov 27' |
Yemen | 7–0 | Cambodia |
---|---|---|
Al Ariki 4', 13', 15', 83' Noman 50' Bashafal 55' Abdulla 65' |
(Report) |
Uzbekistan | 6–0 | Cambodia |
---|---|---|
Shirshov 8' Khasanov 18' Lebedev 38', 73' Fedorov 45' Irismetov 55' |
(Report) |
Indonesia | 1–1 | Uzbekistan |
---|---|---|
Sudirman 34' | (Report) | Shatskikh 74' |
Yemen | 1–1 | Indonesia |
---|---|---|
Al Ariki 33' | (Report) | Putro 59' |
Uzbekistan | 3–0 | Indonesia |
---|---|---|
Shatskikh 12' Maksudov 37', 87' |
(Report) |
Cambodia | 1–4 | Uzbekistan |
---|---|---|
Sochetra 12' | (Report) | Abdukahhor Marifaliev 2', 60' Ravshan Bozorov 9', 30' |
Uzbekistan | 5–1 | Yemen |
---|---|---|
Shkvirin 8', 63' Shatskikh 55', 75' Bazarov 62' |
(Report) | Zughair 30' |
Group 6
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 10 | Final round |
2 | Thailand | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
3 | Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 |
Hong Kong | 0–2 | South Korea |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Seo Jung-won 60' Choi Moon-sik 75' |
Thailand | 1–3 | South Korea |
---|---|---|
Piyapong 48' | (Report) | Roh Sang-rae 18' Ha Seok-ju 74' Choi Moon-sik 86' |
Thailand | 2–0 | Hong Kong |
---|---|---|
Krissada 23' Natipong 79' |
(Report) |
Hong Kong | 3–2 | Thailand |
---|---|---|
Lee Kin Wo 23' Cheng Siu Chung 48' Au Wai Lun 88' |
(Report) | Natipong 43' Chalermsan 70' |
South Korea | 4–0 | Hong Kong |
---|---|---|
Yoo Sang-chul 25' Choi Yong-soo 39', 72' Park Kun-ha 86' |
(Report) |
South Korea | 0–0 | Thailand |
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(Report) |
Group 7
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kuwait | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 12 | Final round |
2 | Lebanon | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
3 | Singapore | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Lebanon | 1–1 | Singapore |
---|---|---|
Nazha 49' | (Report) | Zainal 88' |
Singapore | 0–1 | Kuwait |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Al Saqer 29' |
Kuwait | 2–0 | Lebanon |
---|---|---|
Al Huwaidi 38' Al Ahmad 79' |
(Report) |
Singapore | 1–2 | Lebanon |
---|---|---|
Chuan Tan Teng 58' (pen.) | (Report) | Shehab 35' Melikian 80' |
Kuwait | 4–0 | Singapore |
---|---|---|
Wabran 28' Al Ahmad 35' Al Huwaidi 43' Abdullah 78' |
(Report) |
Lebanon | 1–3 | Kuwait |
---|---|---|
Shehab 29' | (Report) | Otaibi 7' Al Saleh 32', 74' |
Group 8
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 16 | Final round |
2 | Tajikistan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 13 | |
3 | Turkmenistan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 6 | |
4 | Vietnam | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 0 |
Tajikistan | 4–0 | Vietnam |
---|---|---|
Alidodov 8' Mouminov 15' Dzhaborov 50', 84' |
(Report) |
Turkmenistan | 1–4 | China |
---|---|---|
Meredov 90' | (Report) | Peng Weiguo 26', 39' Gao Feng 78' Li Bing 80' |
Tajikistan | 0–1 | China |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Hao Haidong 65' |
Turkmenistan | 2–1 | Vietnam |
---|---|---|
Agabaev 39' Gulyan 53' |
(Report) | Nguyen Cong Vinh 71' |
Vietnam | 1–3 | China |
---|---|---|
Le Huynh Duc 38' | (Report) | Li Bing 23' Fan Zhiyi 32' Hao Haidong 44' |
Turkmenistan | 1–2 | Tajikistan |
---|---|---|
Tkavadze 18' | (Report) | Knizaev 41', 49' |
China | 1–0 | Turkmenistan |
---|---|---|
Li Jinyu 81' | (Report) |
Vietnam | 0–4 | Tajikistan |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Mouminov 5' Alidodov 24' Avakov 67' Achourmamadov 75' |
China | 0–0 | Tajikistan |
---|---|---|
(Report) |
Vietnam | 0–4 | Turkmenistan |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Agaev 16', 57', 63' Broshin 20' |
China | 4–0 | Vietnam |
---|---|---|
Fan Zhiyi 7' Hao Haidong 45' Ma Mingyu 65' Su Maozhen 70' |
(Report) |
Tajikistan | 5–0 | Turkmenistan |
---|---|---|
Avakov 4', 26', 34' Dzhaborov 14' Mouminov 88' |
(Report) |
Group 9
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 12 | Final round |
2 | Iraq | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 6 | |
3 | Pakistan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 0 |
Kazakhstan | 3–0 | Pakistan |
---|---|---|
Esmagambetov 2', 62' Yablochkin 49' |
(Report) |
Pakistan | 2–6 | Iraq |
---|---|---|
Umer 8' Rafiq 53' |
(Report) | Fawzi 1', 62' Chathir 35', 61' Hussein 52' Radhi 70' |
Iraq | 1–2 | Kazakhstan |
---|---|---|
Saadoun 2' | (Report) | Klishin 41' Loginov 48' |
Pakistan | 0–7 | Kazakhstan |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Esmagambetov 28' Klishin 32' Loginov 36' Mazbaev 53' Zubarev 64', 68', 72' |
Iraq | 6–1 | Pakistan |
---|---|---|
Hussein 11', 26' Fawzi 69', 76' Abbas 71', 89' |
(Report) | Umer 58' |
Kazakhstan | 3–1 | Iraq |
---|---|---|
Mazbaev 4' Loginov 36' Saadoun 56' (o.g.) |
(Report) | Abdullah 1' |
Group 10
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Qatar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 | Final round |
2 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | |
4 | Philippines | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
Qatar | 3–0 | Sri Lanka |
---|---|---|
Soufi 35' Al-Enazi 51' Fazli 81' |
(Report) |
India | 2–0 | Philippines |
---|---|---|
Vijayan 81' Coutinho 85' |
(Report) |
Qatar | 5–0 | Philippines |
---|---|---|
Al-Enazi 19', 41' Soufi 29' Al Noobi 30' Jaloof 38' |
(Report) |
Sri Lanka | 1–1 | India |
---|---|---|
Silva 14' | (Report) | Chapman 39' |
Philippines | 0–3 | Sri Lanka |
---|---|---|
(Report) | Steinwall 28' Perera 55', 80' |
Qatar | 6–0 | India |
---|---|---|
Al-Enazi 27', 40' Al Kuwari 42' Maayof 47' Soufi 52' Fazli 61' |
(Report) |
Notes
- FIFA awarded Syria a 3–0 win as a result of Kyrgyzstan was late on the pitch.
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